The Knives Out House Filming Locations Guide: Where was Knives Out filmed?

Knives Out is a brilliant comedy thriller about a murder mystery, a classic whodunit film inspired by the original Sleuth movie from 1972. The plot revolves around a dysfunctional family who is brought together to celebrate the 85th birthday of crime novelist and wealthy patriarch Harlan Thrombey. The next morning, he is found murdered in his rich mansion.

This new film from Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson is boasting a stellar cast including James Bond Daniel Craig, playing an American Poirot detective, Benoit Blanc. Also joining the cast are Captain America Chris Evans, Don Johnson (Watchmen, Miami Vice), Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween), Ana De Armas (No time to die, Blade Runner 2049), Christopher Plummer (The Sound of Music, All the Money in the World), Toni Collette (Unbelievable), Katherine Langford (13 Reasons Why), Jaeden Martell (It) and Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water).

Knives Out was filmed in and around the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The house is the key location of the film, becoming a full-scale clue board game. This filming locations report includes no spoilers:

Most of the film takes place in the Ames Mansion, a 1920s home located south of Boston in Borderland State Park. This manor, that has belonged to the same family for more than 100 years, provided interiors like the main hall and library. Production designer David Crank commented in an interview that they only used the first floor of the house and sections of the exteriors. The crew built the second and the third floor on a soundstage.
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The exteriors of Harlan Thrombey's house were filmed in a mansion located in Massachusetts, west of Boston. The property is a private residence, and is not open to the public. A representative of the family contacted us to take out references to the exact location of the house, including those in the comments as well. The unexpected success of the movie has caused an interest in the house that is very unwelcome for the owners.

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The restaurant where Ransom Drysdale talks to Marta Cabrera is called On the Trax (previously it was called Flat Penny Bar & Grill) at 263 West St, Berlin (MA). Image courtesy of Lionsgate and Google Maps

Hugh Ransom Drysdale's house is a modernist home built in the 1950s in Brown’s Wood neighborhood, Lincoln. It belongs to a project that began in 1953 to establish a community to live cooperatively with houses open to their natural settings in a practical and efficient way. Community members built 23 houses, designed by the era’s best local modernist architects, nestled into the woods on Laurel Drive, Conant Road and Moccasin Hill.

Several scenes are set in Maynard. The car chase was also recorded at Maynard Mill (pictured at the left), now known as Clock Tower Place. John's Cleaners is a real business, situated at the right of the image in Main St. The alley is in Waltham, right off of Moody Street. Some more reported filming locations include the Medfield State Hospital and Canton. Image courtesy of Lionsgate and Google Maps

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Husband and I went to see the movie today...it is fabulous! Loved all the twists and turns as you went down the journey with the movie theater audience to help solve the murder. Lots of ahs and I told you so whispers in the audience. Daniel Craig was outstanding. Always have been a Don Johnson fan so he was easy on the eyes to watch! Go and enjoy this awesome entertaining movie! M-

Several shots were in Natick Center, on both Main Street and Central Street. The chase scene looks like it was filmed on state Route 27 north of Medfield, heading to the Charles River when they turned off on Hospital Road.

This is true. While some of the chase scenes may have been in Maynard, there were definitely some filmed in Downtown Natick: I recognized several locations while watching that chase: one shot southbound on Rte 27, crossing the bridge over the railroad tracks, one westbound on Rte 135 passing the brick buildings of downtown, and one eastbound on rte 135 passing the congregational church across the street from Natick common.